Despite the noble concept of equity wherein every citizen has equal right to live a decent life irrespective of their socio-economic and regional/geographic characteristics, the phenomenon of inequality is persistent in everyday life of people especially those living in developing countries such...

The present paper is an attempt to examine the levels of deprivation of rural people in terms of their access to basic amenities like, housing, drinking water, sanitation etc. And also it evaluates the degree of relative disadvantage of rural people when compared with their urban counterparts....

The Indian economy in the recent past is growing faster (6-9%) than its past rate of growth (3-4%) and it is even surpassing the rate of growth of many developed and developing countries all over the world. The Indian economy is showing high growth potential and it is one of those countries that...

The present paper reviews the different methods in practice to measure the human development or deprivation, which, in fact, is an emerging part of the development discourse. Specifically it deals with the problems of comparability, aggregation and weighing the dimension/indicators in composite...

In this paper an attempt is made to estimate poverty line/ratio and inequality consistent with NAS based consumption expenditure (PFCE), from NSSO based consumption expenditure data. It is to be noted that the paper is not going to address the poverty measurement controversy based on two sources...

This paper takes stock of the state of agriculture in India, brings out with the stylised facts, issues and emerging challenges related to agriculture sector and then makes an attempt to formulate policy measures for further growth of the Indian agriculture.

Poverty in Indian context has always generated contests and controversies regarding its concepts, measurement, levels and implications on several aspects of human welfare. This paper cautions on the validity of poverty assessment indicated by reported expenditure per capita at household level...

The paper presents the development status of SC and ST in Andhra Pradesh, their problems and prospects from the inclusive growth and human development perspectives. It presents the prevailing situation in respect of SC/ST and their level of backwardness with respect to parameters such as income,...